[ppml] Policy Proposal: IPv4 Soft Landing

[bmanning at karoshi.com]

> Strictly speaking, IPv4 doesn't have to be replaced. It could run in 
> parallel with IPv6 for ages. Maybe it will slowly wither away or maybe 
> it'll be hacked to keep working.

	agreed.

> Is ARIN going to support IPv4 forever? At some point they can not give 
> out IP addresses, but they can deal with the transfers and other 
> administration, collect (increasingly steep) fees and maybe delve into 
> reclaiming unused address space etc. 

	from the ARIN mission statement: "Applying the principles of 
	stewardship, ARIN, [elided], allocates Internet Protocol resources"
	and as long as IPv4 is considered an Internet Protocol resource,
	I expect ARIN would have an interest in it.

--bill


> 
> Is this the consensus?
> 
> 
> G. Waleed Kavalec wrote:
> >ISP:   Hey ARIN I need some new numbers.
> >
> >ARIN:  Sorry ISP, we haven't REPLACED our stock.
> >
> >
> >Like I said, it's implied.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy at psg.com]
> >Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:35 PM
> >To: G. Waleed Kavalec
> >Cc: ppml at arin.net
> >Subject: Re: [ppml] Policy Proposal: IPv4 Soft Landing
> >
> >
> >  
> >>>If ARIN is going to do something to replace IPv4 with IPv6
> >>>      
> >>this is in arin's charter?
> >>Implicit, yes.  
> >>No point being a registry of internet numbers
> >>if you don't have any more internet number.
> >>    
> >
> >where does it say REPLACE ipv4, please?
> >
> >randy
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